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Cloud ALM Link for ADTadded to the atlasEclipse plugin linking ABAP transports to SAP Cloud ALM featuresEditor support
SAP TCode Runneradded to the atlasVS Code sidebar that opens SAP transactions through WebGUIFinding a transaction code
Browsing table datacore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note described the providers as SAP GUI programs only, and browser apps, an IDE extension and a desktop editor have arrived; the state stays core-and-community.Browsing table data
Calling a service by handcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): abap-odata-test arrived after the block was assessed and changes the kinds of community answer; the state stays core-and-community.Calling a service by hand
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Code formattingcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the abap2UI5 playground provides this capability and the text never named it; ABAP FS named for the kind of VS Code integration.Code formatting
Code reviewcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): providers that arrived after the 2026-09-13 assessment (abapTimeMachine, abapOpenReview, a transport review app) shape the answer; state unchanged, core-and-community.Code review
Debuggingcore coverage, coverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): seven ABAP providers newer than the block were never named. State stays core-and-community.Debugging
Driving the SAP GUIcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): removed the count and the popularity wording, and named the kinds, including batch input (jrgkraus-tool-bi) and SAP's sample, which the text never named.Driving the SAP GUI
Editor supportcore coverage, coverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the providers behind the UI5 door are SAP's (UI5 Language Assistant, and SAP Build Code and SAP Web IDE Full-Stack, which serve ui5). The community SAPUI5 Extension is an entry in the graph but has no provides edge to this capability.Editor support
Finding a transaction codecore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): sapgui arrived as a second kind, one that reads the system's own menu, and the prose counted entries.Finding a transaction code
Generatorscore coverage, coverage by ecosystem, framing by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the atlas holds these entries, so the links point at them and not at their repositories (docs/WRITING.md section 4).Generators
IDE provisioningcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): eclipsadt-o-mat arrived after the last look and the text never named it; state unchanged.IDE provisioning
Local developmentcoverage by ecosystem, coverage by flavor revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note counted providers and claimed an absence about who has built something, which goes stale as providers arrive.Local development
Model visualisationcoverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): abapGraph and abap-search-tools-ui arrived after the ABAP block was last looked at and the text never named them. No state changed.Model visualisation
Searching code in a systemcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note named no kind of provider, and five providers newer than the 2026-09-14 assessment shape the answer. State unchanged.Searching code in a system
Seed datacore coverage, coverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): no artifact provides seed-data for the UI5 door; the two tools the sentence named provide ui5-testing. The core stays present on the sourced what_core_does. The tools stay on the graph under ui5-testing.Seed data
Source controlcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): providers added since 2026-08-31 change the kinds the community adds beyond the in-system git client; the state stays core-and-community.Source control
Static analysiscore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the block named none of the providers that arrived after 2026-08-31. State unchanged, core-and-community still matches the providers.Static analysis
Unit testingcore coverage, coverage by flavor revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note counted the artifacts and said they were in staging; both are in the graph now and are named.Unit testing
Yesterday
ABAP Syntax Highlightingadded to the atlasVS Code syntax highlighting for .abap filesEditor support
Mon 19
ABAP Call Hierarchyadded to the atlasEclipse plugin showing the call hierarchy of ABAP membersEditor support
ABAP Code Searchadded to the atlasEclipse plugin searching ABAP sources from the search dialogSearching code in a system
ABAP Development Tools for VS CodepublishedA Devtoberfest 2026 session on ABAP Development Tools for VS CodeABAP Development Tools for VS CodeSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code: editing, debugging, ABAP Unit, ATC and transports for classes, CDS and RAP objects, over RFC to an on-premise or Private Cloud system and HTTP to a cloud one, with Joule's ADT MCP server and code completion behind an AI-unit licence.sap official, abap: where the extension sits after the ABAP Workbench and ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap, the ADT language server both editors share, and what the releases since May 2026 cover. The demo installs the extension, creates a destination, opens, creates and activates objects, runs ATC and ABAP Unit, and names the object types, domains among them, for which a developer still goes to Eclipse or SAP GUI. It also opens the extension's settings to turn on the ADT MCP ServerADT MCP ServerSAP's own ADT MCP server, and not a package: a preference inside ABAP Development Tools for VS Code that starts a local HTTP MCP server on a port you choose.sap official, abap and shows the tools a chat can call, with the object search and source code search tools listed as planned.Editor support
ABAP Search and Analysis Toolsadded to the atlasEclipse plugin for ABAP object search and CDS view analysisSearching code in a system
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ABAP Tagsadded to the atlasEclipse plugin for tagging ABAP repository objectsEditor support
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment – How to build partner solutions and get them certifiedpublishedA Devtoberfest 2026 session on the two ways a partner ships an ABAP Cloud solution built on SAP BTP ABAP environmentSAP BTP ABAP environmentSAP's ABAP runtime on BTP: ABAP systems developed in the ABAP Cloud model on SAP HANA Cloud, for cloud apps, OData services and side-by-side extensions of SAP S/4HANA.sap official, btp, which the session calls the ABAP environment of SAP Business AI Platform: software delivery, where an add-on product is published with the solution ID from SAP Store onboarding and the customer discovers and deploys it into their own system, and service delivery, where the partner operates the same add-on as a multi-tenant SaaS and a new version is deployed rather than published again. That is the ABAP environment edge; the static analysisStatic analysisCatching problems in code before it runs: naming, obsolete statements, security findings, and compatibility with a target environment. Style linting, security scanning and cloud-readiness checks are often treated as one concern.SAP and community, narrow by design edge rests on the quality steps shown in the landscape portal, where the Manage Continuous Testing app released with 2608 runs an ATC check variant against a configured system on a recurrence pattern, beside test product version builds and managed test tenants. The second half walks through the SAP Integration and Certification Center process and the three BTP certification options open to an add-on product.Static analysis
Editor supportecosystems revisedUI5 Language Assistant, SAP's VS Code extension for UI5 XML views and manifest.json, and the SAPUI5 Extension by iljapostnovs were staged in intake-20261019-bestofui5 with this concern as their best fit, and the capability was not open on the UI5 door. The UI5 reading comes from the UI5 Language Assistant README.Editor support
Seed dataecosystems revisedvscode-ui5-odata-mock-generator and openui5-smart-mockserver were staged in intake-20261019-bestofui5 under ui5-testing; the first one's drafter noted that seed-data fit better but was not open on the UI5 door. The UI5 reading comes from the OpenUI5 mock server pages and SAP's ui5-middleware-fe-mockserver README.Seed data
Sat 17
@abap2ui5/linteradded to the atlasCommand-line checker for abap2UI5 app classes and their viewsStatic analysis
abap2UI5 for VS Codeadded to the atlasVS Code extension to preview, activate and lint abap2UI5 appsEditor support
abap2UI5 headless frontendadded to the atlasDrives abap2UI5 app classes from ABAP Unit testsUnit testing
abap2UI5 Layout Editoradded to the atlasDrag-and-drop UI5 view editor that writes an abap2UI5 app classGenerators
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abap2UI5 Playgroundadded to the atlasIn-browser ABAP editor beside the abap2UI5 app it buildsLocal development
app-templateadded to the atlasStarter repository for an abap2UI5 app with CI and agent setup
sapguiadded to the atlasThirty classic transactions rebuilt as abap2UI5 appsBrowsing table data
se16nadded to the atlasTable content browser in abap2UI5, for ABAP Cloud and on premiseBrowsing table data
web-abap2UI5added to the atlasabap2UI5 transpiled to JavaScript and run in a browser tabLocal development
abap-adt-apireleased 9.0.01 content item in the atlas was written against an earlier version. Nothing is recorded about what changed.Editor support
ABAP - Create dumpexplains revisedDoor scope proposed from the title and summary, so a door page lists the piece only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Debugging
AI-enabled administration: Automating log analysis with generative AI hubexplains revisedDoor scope derived from the artifacts this piece also explains, so a door page lists it only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Editor support
Browsing table datadescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Browsing table data
Calling a service by handdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Calling a service by hand
Code reviewdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Code review
Debugging in ABAP Development Tool (Part 1)explains revisedDoor scope proposed from the title and summary, so a door page lists the piece only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Debugging
Driving the SAP GUIdescription revisedKeep the technology that defines the concern in the default; move implementation detail to framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Driving the SAP GUI
Explore SAP Fiori elements for ABAP developersexplains revisedDoor scope proposed from the title and summary, so a door page lists the piece only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Editor support
IDE provisioningdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.IDE provisioning
Model visualisationdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.cap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Model visualisation
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingexplains revisedDoor scope derived from the artifacts this piece also explains, so a door page lists it only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Browsing table data
Searching code in a systemdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Searching code in a system
Source controlname, description revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Source control
Static analysisdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Static analysis
Unit testingdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Unit testing
Fri 16
Hammer Core Servicesadded to the atlasABAP-side component for the Hammer editor
open-steamgateadded to the atlasLocal ABAP server serving /IWBEP/ OData v2 without an SAP systemLocal development
Tools for abapGitadded to the atlasHelper programs around abapGitSource control
Thu 15
@abaplint/transpileradded to the atlasTranspiles ABAP to JavaScript to run on Node.jsUnit testing
express-icf-shimadded to the atlasShim running an ABAP ICF handler behind an Express 4.x serverUnit testing
How to extend ABAP Test Cockpit on SAP BTP for custom use casespublishedWalks through the released, C1-contract APIs and CDS views for extending ABAP Test CockpitStatic analysisCatching problems in code before it runs: naming, obsolete statements, security findings, and compatibility with a target environment. Style linting, security scanning and cloud-readiness checks are often treated as one concern.SAP and community, narrow by design on SAP BTP: the single entry point CL_SATC_API=>CREATE_API_FACTORY, reading a run's findings and headers through SATC_API_FINDINGS and SATC_API_RESULT_HEADERS, starting synchronous local ATC runs for a transport, approving or rejecting exemptions programmatically, configuring approver responsibility areas without a UI, and implementing a custom check through IF_CI_ATC_CHECK. Code snippets show each API in use, including the CDS views that join ATC results to the Custom Code Migration app's own findings.Static analysis
open-abap-coreadded to the atlasCore ABAP artifacts for code transpiled by @abaplint/transpilerUnit testing
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Local developmentcore coverage, coverage by flavor, framing by flavor, facets revisedNine options answered this capability with nothing to compare them by, and they are not variants of one tool: the first question a reader has is which part of the local stack an option starts. The two flags separate the hybrid-testing helpers, where cds bind states that only the location of the credentials is stored on the machine and @sang2x/captools states that it writes the resolved VCAP_SERVICES into default-env.json.Local development
Unit testingcore coverage, coverage by flavor revisedTwo staged options state abap-cloud and provide this capability; the gate reads them as providers once this capability is revised.Unit testing
Wed 14
Driving the SAP GUInormative relevance revisedThe GUI servers' boundaries each restated the policy in the atlas's own words; it belongs to the concern, sourced to the policy.Driving the SAP GUI
kts982/mcp-sap-guidescription revisedThe policy is now a condition of GUI automation, sourced to the policy itself.Driving the SAP GUI
mcp-sap-guidescription revisedThe policy is now a condition of GUI automation, sourced to the policy itself.Driving the SAP GUI
sapgui.mcpdescription revisedThe policy is now a condition of GUI automation, sourced to the policy itself.Driving the SAP GUI
Mon 12
abap-transport-reviewadded to the atlasTransport release check gated by GitHub pull request approvalCode review
abap-transport-reviewentry revisedEntered by intake from the repository README and the repository's own facts. Placed on the ABAP door in the standard-abap flavor only, because the README states the tools are classic ABAP using the CTS_REQUEST_CHECK BAdI, background jobs and the cluster table INDX, "none of which is part of ABAP Cloud".Code review
Sun 11
AI-enabled administration: Automating log analysis with generative AI hubpublishedA log analysis tool for incident work, built in SAP Business Application StudioSAP Business Application StudioSAP's development environment for business applications, delivered as a cloud service and opened in a browser, where work happens in preconfigured dev spaces.sap official, btp with the generative AI hub feature, which SAP AI CoreSAP AI CoreSAP's AI service on BTP: the runtime for AI assets, and through the Generative AI Hub inside it the access to foundation models, the orchestration service with its templating, masking, filtering and grounding modules, the Prompt Registry and Document Grounding.sap official, btp ships as its LLM integrationLLM integrationCalling a language model from application code with the tenant, destination and credential handling already solved instead using an SDK call with a hand-rolled key.SAP and community, narrow by design by its own documentation: it automates root-cause analysis over system errors and masks sensitive data. SAP's abstract states the tool's jobs and not how the hub is called, what the masking covers or which model answers. A TechEd 2026 session (Wednesday 28 October, Berlin), with no speaker listed in the catalogue at the time of writing, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.Editor support
Explore SAP Fiori elements for ABAP developerspublishedSAP Fiori elements for an ABAP developer who now builds the UI as well as the RAP business object behind it, the transactional modelTransactional modelHow a business object's behaviour is defined and who owns the transaction — the choice that shapes everything downstream in an application.SAP and community, unassessed of ABAP Cloud, in SAP Business Application StudioSAP Business Application StudioSAP's development environment for business applications, delivered as a cloud service and opened in a browser, where work happens in preconfigured dev spaces.sap official, btp; the abstract calls the UI side new territory for that developer, and a Fiori elements app is rendered from the service's Fiori annotationsFiori annotationsDescribing a service so a Fiori client can render it without hand-written UI code — titles, value helps, hierarchies and visibility expressed as model annotations rather than screen logic.SAP and community, unassessed rather than hand-written UI code. The abstract names the tool and the stack and does not say which floorplan or annotations are shown. A TechEd 2026 session (Tuesday 27 October, Berlin), presented by Björn Schulz, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.Editor support
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingpublishedMonitoring and troubleshooting a side-by-side application written in the ABAP Cloud model on SAP BTP ABAP environmentSAP BTP ABAP environmentSAP's ABAP runtime on BTP: ABAP systems developed in the ABAP Cloud model on SAP HANA Cloud, for cloud apps, OData services and side-by-side extensions of SAP S/4HANA.sap official, btp, which SAP's title calls SAP BAIP, ABAP environment, and which the abstract files under a clean core strategy at level A: the environment's technical monitoring tools for the monitoring half, and ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap for the troubleshooting half, the debuggingDebuggingSeeing what running code did between an input arriving and a result coming out: which code ran, what the values were at each point, and why a value ended up as it did.SAP and community, narrow by design concern. The abstract names the environment and the Eclipse tools, leaves the monitoring tools unnamed, and does not say what is shown of either. A TechEd 2026 hands-on session (Thursday 29 October, Berlin), presented by Frank Jentsch, Robert Werlich, Steffen Siegmund and Wolfgang Woehrle, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.Browsing table data
Sun 4
eclipsADT-o-matadded to the atlasPowerShell wizard installing Eclipse with ADT and pluginsIDE provisioning
eclipsADT-o-matentry revisedEntered by intake from the repository README and description.IDE provisioning
Sat 3
Debugging in ABAP Development Tool (Part 1)publishedA walkthrough of the ABAP Debugger inside ABAP Development Tools: setting a toggle (hard) breakpoint versus a soft breakpoint that only fires once a session is already active, running up to four debugging sessions on the same program, reading the call stack, and debugging an update function module. It also covers watchpoints with their recent and current values, conditional and user-specific breakpoints, activating and deleting breakpoints, and adding variables such as SY-INDEX to the variables tab.Debugging
Fri 2
Taking Control of Clean Core: When to Use Project Kernseife in addition to Standard SAP ToolspublishedWalks through how SAP's standard path classifies custom ABAP extensions into Clean Core Levels A through D, running ABAP Test Cockpit against the Cloudification Repository's release status for each SAP object an extension touches, then feeding results into the RISE with SAP Methodology Dashboard in SAP Cloud ALM. Contrasts that with Project Kernseife, an open-source custom ATC check that lets a team override SAP's classification with project-specific rules, define its own successor objects (including custom wrappers), and expose a Score and Potential Score per finding through a CDS view for prioritizing cleanup — at the cost of owning and maintaining that classification. States which situations favor each: Kernseife where the standard rules are too rigid for the project's reality, the standard dashboard where cross-system comparability and low maintenance effort matter more.Static analysis
Thu 1
abapthemesadded to the atlasThree colour themes for ABAP source in ADT for EclipseEditor support
abapwuluadded to the atlasRefreshes the where-used list for objects in one packageSearching code in a system
Tue 29
Hammeradded to the atlasNative macOS code editor for ABAP and CDSEditor support
ui5-tcode-finderadded to the atlasBrowser page searching SAP transaction codesFinding a transaction code
Finding a transaction codeentry revisedA browser tool for searching transaction codes had nowhere to attach, and the nearest nodes are all about something else: browsing table data is the rows a system holds rather than the way into a task, GUI automation drives screens rather than finding them, abap-classic-ui builds them, and documentation is what to read. Named on the ABAP door because a transaction code is an entry point of a classic SAP system, and marked not-applicable in ABAP Cloud, where there is no SAP GUI and so no command field to enter one into. The coverage rests on SAP's own documentation for the in-session routes; nobody has surveyed what else answers this from outside a system, which is why the relationship is unassessed.Finding a transaction code
ui5-tcode-finderentry revisedStaged with the capability Finding a transaction code, drafted in the same batch because the corpus held no concern for it. ecosystem: abap is a placement rather than a stated fact: the repository is an OpenUI5 and TypeScript application, but its subject is the transaction codes of a classic SAP system and the only stack its features name is SAP GUI for HTML. serves_ecosystems: ui5 rests on the overview sentence naming the T-Codes a UI5 or Fiori project needs. use_as: reference because it is consulted at its own address rather than installed into a project.Finding a transaction code
Sun 27
Debuggingcore coverage revisedPackage pass 2026-09-27: the paragraph named one of the four SAP packages and cited the plugins index only; cds debug and the Java developer dashboard were cited nowhere.Debugging
Local developmentcore coverage revisedcapire audit 2026-09-27, judgement pages read once more: a page this capability owns was cited nowhere.Local development
Fri 25
AVEdescription revisedNeither "Simple Data Explorer" nor "SDE" appears in this README, and VERTEX's own README now states "Nothing but this repository's
src/ has to be installed", so the claim that VERTEX needs Simple Data Explorer on the system is unsupported. The replacement rests on this README's own sentence: the version history, the diff and the saved code review, "including approving, declining and commenting on a block", are available in Eclipse ADT and in VS Code through VERTEX. "has no blame yet" was a claim about VERTEX that this README does not carry and that was not re-verified against VERTEX; it is dropped rather than restated.Code reviewSimple Data Explorerdescription revisedThe README no longer says this repository holds the ADT resources VERTEX reads through: two commits on 2026-09-18 removed the ADT resources section and the construction-phase note, leaving only "The table grid with its select-options, the join builder and the pivot are available in Eclipse ADT and in VS Code through VERTEX". VERTEX's own README now states "Nothing but this repository's
src/ has to be installed" and that of the former /zsde/ prefix "that hub is gone". The replacement keeps what this README still states and drops the dependency claim neither README supports. ADT.md is still in the repository and still describes the resources under /sap/bc/adt/zsde/ in the present tense, which conflicts with both READMEs and is left for an editor.Browsing table dataTue 22
off-stack-abapadded to the atlasDemonstration of off-stack ABAP development on Node.js
Mon 21
Multi-Origin Service Testing and Troubleshooting in SAP GatewaypublishedWalks through testing a multi-origin OData service in SAP Gateway by passing the
$system parameter against a System Alias defined in /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE, verified with the SAP Gateway Client (/IWFND/GW_CLIENT) and from outside the system with a browser or Postman. Covers three recurring failures — an ignored $system, a 500 from an unconfigured RFC destination or inactive backend service, and a 403 from a missing backend authorization — and how to confirm which alias and backend a request actually hit with /IWFND/TRACES.Calling a service by handvscode-tabl-ddicadded to the atlasVS Code syntax highlighting for .tabl.ddic table definitionsEditor support
Fri 18
@arc-mcp/adt-lsadded to the atlasTypeScript SDK over SAP's headless adt-ls language serverEditor support
ABAP remote filesystemadded to the atlasVS Code extension editing ABAP systems over ADT as a filesystemEditor support
abap_trial_dockeradded to the atlasScripts running the ABAP Developer Edition in DockerLocal development
abap-adt-apiadded to the atlasJS/TS client for the ADT resources of an ABAP systemEditor support
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abapcdsgrammaradded to the atlasANTLR4 grammar, lexer and parser for ABAP CDSStatic analysis
abapfs_extensionsadded to the atlasABAP objects enabling ADT updates on systems older than 7.51Editor support
abapgraphadded to the atlasABAP library for creating Graphviz graphsModel visualisation
abapPrettyadded to the atlasCommand-line ABAP pretty printer over ADTCode formatting
adt-bundle-builderadded to the atlasWindows build packaging Eclipse with ADT as a portable IDEIDE provisioning
Graphviz-browseradded to the atlasStatic page drawing Graphviz graphs for the ABAP debugger extensionDebugging
personal-application-studioadded to the atlasTheia distribution with ABAP and UI5 support as a Docker imageIDE provisioning
urbani-saplinkadded to the atlasSE16 clone shipped as SAPlink filesBrowsing table data
Thu 17
abap-adt-cliadded to the atlasCLI that pulls and pushes ABAP packages as local files over ADTSource control
Wed 16
A Handy Custom Report to Scan SAP CDS Views for Usage of Search StringspublishedA custom SE38 report, ZSCAN_CDS_VIEWS, reads each Z-prefixed CDS view's DDL source through the function module /ABEX/SEFW_MOD_CVA_HANA and scans it for a list of search strings, listing the view and matching code line in an ALV grid. The author built it because ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap's ABAP Source Search, the code searchSearching code in a systemFinding where a string, pattern or name occurs across source code and development objects held in a system. Raising findings against rules is static analysis; reading an individual change is code review.SAP and community, unassessed SAP ships, is unwieldy for scanning many custom views at once or searching several strings together.Searching code in a system
ABAP - Create dumppublishedShows how to terminate an ABAP program on purpose with RAISE SHORTDUMP — from a freshly created exception instance, or one already caught in a TRY/CATCH where continuing no longer makes sense — so a hard-to-diagnose failure leaves a dump behind instead of running on silently. The second half reads that dump back in ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap: the Feed Reader notification, the compressed view against the classic ST22-style view, and sections such as Active Calls and Source Code Extract, the same ADT troubleshooting path debuggingDebuggingSeeing what running code did between an input arriving and a result coming out: which code ran, what the values were at each point, and why a value ended up as it did.SAP and community, narrow by design places alongside the ABAP Debugger for ABAP Cloud.Debugging
Tue 15
ABAP Development Tools for Eclipseadded to the atlasSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP development over ADTBrowsing table data
ADT resourcesadded to the atlasHTTP endpoint under /sap/bc/adt exposing ABAP development objects
Claude ported ABAP functions to new APIpublishedA first-person account of using Claude Code, driven through the sapcli command line, to install and repair RFC function modules that let a CI pipeline control abapGitabapGitA Git client written in ABAP that runs inside the system, so objects are cloned, pulled and pushed without leaving it; with no package manager in ABAP, a cloned repository is how code is distributed.community org, abap and gCTS remotely, rather than treating git as a way to read ABAP source. Instead of trusting a local checkout, Claude read the abapGit login manager class and queried the target system's own type catalogue through sapcli, then used what it found to update a renamed API method and swap a TABLES parameter's structure for the table type BAPIRET2_T.Source control
Editor supportecosystems, coverage by ecosystem, framing by ecosystem revisedOn BTP the editor is a hosted service rather than a language server or an Eclipse plugin, which is what the CAP and ABAP framings describe.Editor support
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VERTEXrequires revisedPointed at the ADT nodes that entered the graph on 2026-09-15, from the project's own documentation.Code review
Mon 14
ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code is now available on the VS Code marketplace!publishedAnnounces the marketplace release of ABAP development tools for Visual Studio CodeABAP Development Tools for VS CodeSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code: editing, debugging, ABAP Unit, ATC and transports for classes, CDS and RAP objects, over RFC to an on-premise or Private Cloud system and HTTP to a cloud one, with Joule's ADT MCP server and code completion behind an AI-unit licence.sap official, abap, an extension that works against any ABAP system already reachable from ADT for Eclipse and is focused on RAP UI service development, so the Fiori/SAPUI5 frontend and the ABAP backend can be built in the same tool. It ships a built-in ADT MCP ServerADT MCP ServerSAP's own ADT MCP server, and not a package: a preference inside ABAP Development Tools for VS Code that starts a local HTTP MCP server on a port you choose.sap official, abap, disabled by default and switched on from the extension settings, and points readers to a documentation template for capturing ABAP-specific rules in a project's AGENTS.md file for chat agents such as Microsoft Copilot.Editor support
ABAP Development Tools for VS Codeadded to the atlasSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code for editing, debugging, ATC and transportsEditor support
ABAP_DATABASE_MANAGERadded to the atlasABAP report running custom SQL queries into an ALV gridBrowsing table data
abap_db_preparatoradded to the atlasReplays stored database snapshots in ABAP unit testsUnit testing
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abap_debugger_object_graph_extensionadded to the atlasABAP debugger extension drawing objects as a Graphviz graphDebugging
abap-call-hierarchyadded to the atlasADT backend for the ABAP Call Hierarchy Eclipse pluginEditor support
abap-code-search-toolsadded to the atlasIn-system ABAP source search by string or regular expressionSearching code in a system
abap-db-browseradded to the atlasSAP GUI browser for tables, views, CDS views and joinsBrowsing table data
abap-metricsadded to the atlasSoftware-engineering metrics for an ABAP class or packageCode metrics
ABAP-Object-Visualizeradded to the atlasDebugger script exporting an object hierarchy as GraphvizDebugging
abap-odata-testadded to the atlasABAP client for calling and asserting on OData servicesCalling a service by hand
abap-search-toolsadded to the atlasADT backend for the ABAP Search and Analysis Tools pluginSearching code in a system
abap-senchaadded to the atlasBDD/TDD assertion library for ABAP Unit, styled after Chai.jsUnit testing
abap-tags-backendadded to the atlasADT backend for the ABAP Tags Eclipse pluginEditor support
abap-test-containeradded to the atlasGitHub-hosted test data container for ABAP CloudUnit testing
abap-unit-runneradded to the atlasApplication job that runs and schedules ABAP Unit tests in the cloudUnit testing
abap-utesthelpadded to the atlasHelper classes for ABAP Unit tests and test doublesUnit testing
abapCovadded to the atlasUploads ABAP Unit code coverage to codecov.ioUnit testing
abapFakeradded to the atlasFake data generator for ABAPSeed data
AbapGeneratoradded to the atlasABAP transaction generating an MVC-style project from a templateGenerators
abapGitServeradded to the atlasGit server implemented in ABAP for abapGit clientsSource control
abaplint-Ext-for-abapGitadded to the atlasShows abaplint results inside abapGitStatic analysis
abaplint-sci-clientadded to the atlasABAP client surfacing abaplint checks in Code Inspector and ATCStatic analysis
abapOpenChecksadded to the atlasOpen-source rule pack for SAP Code Inspector and ATCStatic analysis
abapOpenReviewadded to the atlasSAP GUI code review tied to transport releaseCode review
abapTimeMachineadded to the atlasShows a whole ABAP object as it stood at a past versionCode review
adash-servicesadded to the atlasBackend exposing ABAP Unit runs and coverage over REST and ODataUnit testing
alwinvandeput/zscv_search_cds_viewsadded to the atlasIn-system search tool for CDS viewsSearching code in a system
assertadded to the atlasFluent assertion helper for ABAP Unit testsUnit testing
ATC-Best-Practice-Guideadded to the atlasATC check classes accompanying DSAG's ATC best-practice guide
BenjaminWeisheit/ABAP-2-CODE-CHARTAadded to the atlasConverts ABAP code metrics into Code Charta's JSON formatCode metrics
bothzoli/ABAP-IoC-Containeradded to the atlasInversion-of-control container for ABAPDependency injection
boy0korea/ZWD_CODE_SCANNERadded to the atlasCode scanner for Web Dynpro ABAPSearching code in a system
bryanmcain/zcode_scanneradded to the atlasEnhancement extending ECC's code scanner to more object typesSearching code in a system
By-passing function modules in aunitspublishedWalks through registering a function module as a test double with CL_FUNCTION_TEST_ENVIRONMENT inside an ABAP Unit test class: class_setup names the function module to replace, an input configuration matches on the importing parameters, and an output configuration sets what the double returns before the calling class is asserted against it. The Function Test Double Framework is presented as ABAP Unit's way of testing code that calls a function module — procedural, without a class's native test-double support — without triggering the database, RFC or BAPI calls the real function module would make.Unit testing
cacamber-BDD-for-ABAPadded to the atlasBDD framework turning Given/When/Then into ABAP Unit stepsUnit testing
coreline/ZDDIC_FINDERadded to the atlasFinder for ABAP Dictionary objectsSearching code in a system
dbg_value_statementadded to the atlasDebugger script generating a VALUE statement for a variableDebugging
dump_infoadded to the atlasDisplays the variables of ABAP short dumpsDebugging
gladiusadded to the atlasABAP project for learning the ABAP Unit Test Framework
mockAadded to the atlasA free mocking framework for ABAP, published under the Apache License 2.0.Unit testing
mockup_loaderadded to the atlasLoader of Excel-prepared ABAP unit test data, with stub generationUnit testing
my-ide-actionsadded to the atlasCollection of ABAP Development Tools IDE ActionsEditor support
pokrakam/abapDevSysInitadded to the atlasABAP report setting up a new ABAP Developer Edition or trial systemLocal development
regression_testadded to the atlasSnapshot testing library for ABAP, from debugger or unit testUnit testing
sap-russia/ZRS_ABAP_SOURCE_SCANadded to the atlasA report that searches code inside modifications and enhancements without depending on SAP HANA.Searching code in a system
SAP2Mooseadded to the atlasAn ABAP program that extracts model data from a system as a SOMIX model, for Moose2Model to draw as a dependency diagram.Model visualisation
Source Code Finderadded to the atlasReport searching ABAP source in methods, enhancements, DTPs and moreSearching code in a system
striezl/VariScanadded to the atlasSearch over ABAP program variants for a value or patternSearching code in a system
swixfort/Sdw.Abap.Diadded to the atlasA dependency-injection container for ABAP: register classes or interfaces, then resolve an object with its dependencies already constructed.Dependency injection
The Future of ABAP is Here: VS Code ADT, Zero-Config MCP, and AI Co-pilotspublishedA walkthrough of ABAP Development Tools for VS CodeABAP Development Tools for VS CodeSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code: editing, debugging, ABAP Unit, ATC and transports for classes, CDS and RAP objects, over RFC to an on-premise or Private Cloud system and HTTP to a cloud one, with Joule's ADT MCP server and code completion behind an AI-unit licence.sap official, abap's general-availability release: connecting to an on-premise or BTP ABAP system, editing classes, CDS and RAP objects, and turning on the extension's built-in ADT MCP ServerADT MCP ServerSAP's own ADT MCP server, and not a package: a preference inside ABAP Development Tools for VS Code that starts a local HTTP MCP server on a port you choose.sap official, abap. Enabled, it lets a co-pilot such as GitHub Copilot or SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilitiesSAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilitiesSAP's AI for ABAP development in ADT for Eclipse and VS Code: chat, code completion, explain, test and CDS generation, RAP logic prediction, and since June 2026 an agentic mode over the ADT MCP Server, metered in AI units through the ABAP AI Hub Service on BTP.sap official, abap read code, trace dependencies, and run ABAP Unit and ATC checks against the real system rather than guessing from training data.Editor support
tool-biadded to the atlasChained-call builder for ABAP batch input transactionsDriving the SAP GUI
trm-serveradded to the atlasServer-side component of TRM for importing and exporting transportsSource control
upDOWNciadded to the atlasUploads and downloads Code Inspector check variants as XMLStatic analysis
Vise_for_ABAPadded to the atlasA characterisation-test helper:
ZCL_VISE=>GRIP records a field's value once and fails a later run if it has changed.Unit testingztoadadded to the atlasOpen SQL editor for ABAP with ALV outputBrowsing table data
ZUML_DIAGRAMadded to the atlasABAP program drawing UML class diagrams through PlantUMLModel visualisation
Browsing table datacoverage by flavor revisedADT's Data Preview over released CDS view entities is the ABAP Cloud replacement for SE16, which does not exist there since SAP GUI is unavailable; none of the three independent providers on this capability state abap-cloud support.Browsing table data
Calling a service by handcoverage by flavor revisedADT's Service URL link, GET only, is the one way to call a RAP OData service by hand in ABAP Cloud; SAP Gateway Client needs SAP GUI, which ABAP Cloud systems do not have, and ODAPU, the one independent provider on this capability, states no flavor.Calling a service by hand
Code reviewcoverage by flavor revisedADT is confirmed as ABAP Cloud's own development environment and gCTS as its transport mechanism, and no ABAP-ecosystem provider of this capability states the abap-cloud flavor, so the flavor reads core-only rather than derived.Code review
Debuggingcoverage by flavor revisedAssessed for the ABAP Cloud flavor: SAP's own troubleshooting guidance for RAP apps places the ABAP Debugger inside ABAP Development Tools, and the only ABAP-door provider in the corpus, Smart Debugger, states standard-abap only and runs in the SAP GUI New Debugger, not ADT — so no provider states abap-cloud and the core is SAP's own.Debugging
Driving the SAP GUIcoverage by flavor revisedSAP's own ABAP Cloud documentation states there is no access to SAP GUI in the SAP BTP ABAP environment or SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, both of which mandate ABAP Cloud, and none of the four ABAP-door providers of this capability states abap-cloud support — all four state only standard-abap.Driving the SAP GUI
Editor supportecosystems revisedWidened to ABAP: Xexer/my-ide-actions adds IDE actions to ADT, and DevEpos/abap-tags-backend and DevEpos/abap-call-hierarchy are the ABAP backends of two Eclipse plugins. The description lost its CDS wording, which moved to framing_by_ecosystem.cap.Editor support
Generatorsecosystems revisedAbapGenerator scaffolds ABAP objects from a template package. Thirteen UI5 Community repositories generate UI5 projects or add to one: Easy-UI5 and its npm init wrapper, generators for apps, libraries, controls and tooling extensions, and create-wdi5 and generator-ui5-wdi5, which add wdi5 to an existing app.Generators
Local developmentecosystems revisedabapDevSysInit sets up a new ABAP Developer Edition or trial system from one report: the user profile, the GitHub certificates and destination, abapGit standalone, and the repositories to pull.Local development
Model visualisationecosystems, description revisedThe description named only a CDS model and .cds files, which is false on the ABAP door added the same day. The ABAP half and 'source file' are the only change.Model visualisation
Seed dataecosystems revisedabapFaker generates localised fake names, addresses and other values in ABAP for development and tests, so the concern has an answer behind the ABAP door.Seed data
Source controlcoverage by flavor, framing by flavor revisedThe classic-ABAP paragraph does not hold here: ABAP Cloud splits source control into two mechanisms with different scopes, per the same SAP-docs pages.Source control
Static analysiscoverage by flavor revisedNo provider of this capability states the abap-cloud flavor: ACEACEA SAP GUI tool that parses ABAP source statically to show call flow, data dependencies, control structure and code metrics such as McCabe complexity, without running the code.independent, abap and code pal for ABAPcode pal for ABAPATC and Code Inspector checks for the parts of Clean ABAP a static analyser can actually check, installed into a system with [abapGit](artifact:abapgit-abapgit) rather than delivered with it.sap official, abap state only standard-abap, and abaplint-Ext-for-abapGitabaplint-Ext-for-abapGitSurfaces abaplint results inside abapGit itself, at the point where a developer is already looking.independent, abap, abaplintabaplintStatic analysis for ABAP that runs outside a system on serialised source in a repository, so ABAP checks run in a pull request and in CI before the code ever reaches a system.community org, abap and @abapify/acds@abapify/acdsA parser for ABAP CDS DDL source — tokenizer, parser and a typed AST covering tables, structures, simple types, service definitions and metadata extensions.independent, abap state no flavor at all — while ATC's own ABAP_CLOUD_DEVELOPMENT_DEFAULT check variant is SAP's documented default for the SAP BTP ABAP environment.Static analysis
Unit testingcoverage by flavor revisedNo artifact in the abap door states abap-cloud as a provider of capability:abap-unit-testing; ABAP Unit and its test double frameworks are part of the language and ADT tooling, and SAP's own RAP400 workshop and the abap-cheat-sheets unit-test examples both exercise them from a BTP ABAP Environment ABAP Cloud project, doubling only the released CDS entities and tables a RAP business object depends on.Unit testing
Sun 13
abap-platform-yyadded to the atlasDemo RTTI-style library for the ABAP Environment, built to show APACK
abapgit-commitlintadded to the atlasabapGit user exits checking commit messages against repository rulesSource control
ACEadded to the atlasSAP GUI tool for static analysis of ABAP call flow and code metricsStatic analysis
AVEadded to the atlasSAP GUI version explorer and code reviewer for transport requestsCode review
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How to Scan Custom ABAP for Security Issues in Eclipse (Step-by-Step)publishedWritten by someone who works on the tool, this is a setup walkthrough for the RedRays ABAP Scanner Eclipse plugin: get a demo API key, install the plugin via an update site, point it at a backend, and scan an ABAP object from the Project Explorer. Findings for SQL/ADBC injection, OS command execution, path traversal, missing AUTHORITY-CHECK and similar are grouped by severity with a CVSS score and an automated exploitability check, and a REST API extends the same scan to a CI/CD allow/block gate on a transport.Static analysis
HR_DMEadded to the atlasRead-only SAP GUI report listing where HCM object data is storedBrowsing table data
ODAPUadded to the atlasUI5 app for OData test requests and ABAP Push ChannelsCalling a service by hand
SAP-samples/abap-platform-jakadded to the atlasJSON-to-ABAP conversion library sample showing what APACK can do
SAP-samples/cloud-abap-rapadded to the atlasRAP business object that generates other RAP business objects
SAP-samples/joule-gui-automation-and-integrationadded to the atlasJoule capabilities driving SAP GUI sessions via Business Client
SAP-samples/s4hana-gcts-badiadded to the atlasBAdI wiring the transport organizer to gCTS on task release
SAP-samples/teched2025-DT266added to the atlasTechEd 2025 workshop on troubleshooting ABAP Cloud extensions
Simple Data Exploreradded to the atlasMulti-window SAP GUI explorer for tables, views and CDS SQL viewsBrowsing table data
Smart Debuggeradded to the atlasSAP GUI debugger script recording steps so execution can run backwardsDebugging
sql-consoleadded to the atlasBrowser-based SQL console built on abap2UI5Browsing table data
VERTEXadded to the atlasADT extension for Eclipse and VS Code showing three SAP GUI toolsCode review
Debuggingecosystems revisedWidened rather than forked: debugging an ABAP program is the same concern, so the node's description became the cross-ecosystem sentence, the CAP wording moved to framing_by_ecosystem.cap, and ABAP got its own framing and coverage. Done so Smart Debugger (staged in intake-20260913-ysichov) can provide it.Debugging
Generatorsname revisedThe map draws every capability as one tile, and a name that spells out its second half ran to three lines at a size nobody could read. The id already carried the short name; the name now matches it. The concern is unchanged: the description and the coverage say what it spans.Generators
Seed dataname revisedThe map draws every capability as one tile, and a name that spells out its second half ran to three lines at a size nobody could read. The id already carried the short name; the name now matches it. The concern is unchanged: the description and the coverage say what it spans.Seed data
Fri 11
kts982/mcp-sap-guidescription revisedCorrected against the README: 'HTTP transport (for team/remote use, binds to localhost)', with 'Unattended multi-user production orchestration' under Not yet available.Driving the SAP GUI
mcp-sap-guidescription revisedCorrected against the README: it works from coordinates and screenshots and never mentions the Scripting API. 'Still the most used' was an unsourced popularity claim (hard rule 1); 'the first' is now the GitHub creation date, 2025-02-19, against the other GUI servers.Driving the SAP GUI
Thu 10
kts982/mcp-sap-guiadded to the atlasMCP server for SAP GUI for Windows via the Scripting APIDriving the SAP GUI
mcp-sap-guiadded to the atlasMCP server working SAP GUI by screen coordinatesDriving the SAP GUI
sapgui.mcpadded to the atlasMCP server driving SAP GUI and Web GUI for end-to-end testingDriving the SAP GUI
SAPient MCPadded to the atlasSAP GUI automation MCP server built on RoboSAPiensDriving the SAP GUI
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Driving the SAP GUIentry revisedFour artifacts drive SAP's own UI and the corpus had no concern for them — filing them on agent access to your code would have been wrong, because none of them reads an object or knows what ADT is. Named on the ABAP door because the GUI is the ABAP system's UI.Driving the SAP GUI
kts982/mcp-sap-guientry revisedTriaged out of data/crawled/mcp-candidates.json, the sap-ai-mcp-servers sweep. Written from the repository's own README.Driving the SAP GUI
mcp-sap-guientry revisedTriaged out of data/crawled/mcp-candidates.json, the sap-ai-mcp-servers sweep. Written from the repository's own README.Driving the SAP GUI
sapgui.mcpentry revisedTriaged out of data/crawled/mcp-candidates.json, the sap-ai-mcp-servers sweep. Written from the repository's own README.Driving the SAP GUI
SAPient MCPentry revisedTriaged out of data/crawled/mcp-candidates.json, the sap-ai-mcp-servers sweep. Written from the repository's own README.Driving the SAP GUI
Wed 9
code pal for ABAPadded to the atlasATC and Code Inspector checks for Clean ABAPStatic analysis
Tue 8
@abapify/acdsprovides revisedPlaced on data modelling because it deals in ABAP CDS definitions. Reading the capability again moved it: acds does not help you define data, it parses definitions somebody else wrote into a typed AST — which is the substrate static analysis is built on, and it lives in the adt-cli repository. The mistake surfaced when repointing a CAP package away from the ABAP capability left this one holding it alone.Static analysis
Mon 7
@abapify/acdsadded to the atlasParser for ABAP CDS DDL source with a typed ASTStatic analysis
Tue 1
Seed datacore coverage revisedWrong since mid-2024 and nobody had checked. It said generated volumes were community territory;
cds add data has generated volumes since @sap/cds-dk 7.9.0. Found by doing the version-history pass — which is the argument for that pass in one line.Seed dataMon 31
abap-file-formatsadded to the atlasSAP's specification for serialising ABAP objects to filesSource control
abapGitadded to the atlasGit client written in ABAP that runs inside the systemSource control
abaplintadded to the atlasStatic analysis for ABAP source outside a systemStatic analysis
Debuggingcore coverage revisedStates renamed to describe who is present rather than to interpret intent. left-open-on-purpose asserted a motive; core-and-community states a fact, with relationship carrying the intent separately.Debugging
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Editor supportcore coverage revisedStates renamed to describe who is present rather than to interpret intent. left-open-on-purpose asserted a motive; core-and-community states a fact, with relationship carrying the intent separately.Editor support
Local developmentcore coverage revisedStates renamed to describe who is present rather than to interpret intent. left-open-on-purpose asserted a motive; core-and-community states a fact, with relationship carrying the intent separately.Local development
Seed datacore coverage revisedStates renamed to describe who is present rather than to interpret intent. left-open-on-purpose asserted a motive; core-and-community states a fact, with relationship carrying the intent separately.Seed data